it is the most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine it in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years and invested it with so much importance, because it is about protecting the future. marriage is not about me, me, me. it is not about my rights. it is not about my relationships being legally valid data. it is about raising children based on a lifelong commitment of the exclusivity. it is also profoundly pro-woman since it is that men have the greater propensity to wander off. it is the women who are often left holding the baby. we have to get away from the idea that everything in life can be forced through the prism of equality. i am a conservative. we have to be concerned of equality but not at the expense of every other consideration. not at the expense of tradition. we should be protecting cherished institutions and our culture. what, if not that, is the conservative party for? with no one to vote for.